A High Court judge yesterday rejected the plea of a man who allegedly lost his memory and who said he had decided to admit to drug trafficking to avoid wasting the court's time and public money.
Mr Justice Louis Tong Po-sun adjourned the case until September 17 for a psychiatric report to determine whether Chu Wai-cheong, 31, was fit to stand trial.
Chu claimed he had suffered amnesia after having brain surgery three times last year while in police custody. He told the court he could not remember whether he had committed the offences that allegedly took place on October 7, 2000.
He could not even remember his own family, the Court of First Instance heard.
His barrister, Charles Chan, said he had been unable to take instructions from Chu because of his condition and that the prosecution had refused his request to drop the case.
Chu pleaded guilty yesterday to two charges of trafficking in 136kg of cannabis with a street value of about $8 million.